Merge b14768ed63 into 7b4d4ed672

changelogs/fragments/command_skip_stdout.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+deprecated_features:
+    - command - deprecate unnecessary stdout when creates or removes is used (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/84107).

lib/ansible/modules/command.py

@@ -228,6 +228,11 @@ stderr_lines:
   returned: always
   type: list
   sample: [u'ls cannot access foo: No such file or directory', u'ls …']
+skip_reason:
+  description: The reason why the task was skipped.
+  returned: when task is skipped
+  type: str
+  sample: 'skipped, since /tmp/file exists'
 """
 
 import datetime
@@ -235,11 +240,21 @@ import glob
 import os
 import shlex
 
+from ansible.module_utils._internal import _deprecator
+from ansible.module_utils._internal._datatag import _tags
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native, to_bytes, to_text
 from ansible.module_utils.common.collections import is_iterable
 
 
+_DEPRECATE_SKIPPED_STDOUT = _tags.Deprecated(
+    msg='`stdout` is deprecated when creates/removes is used',
+    version='2.24',
+    deprecator=_deprecator.ANSIBLE_CORE_DEPRECATOR,
+    help_text='Use `skip_reason` instead.',
+)
+
+
 def main():
 
     # the command module is the one ansible module that does not take key=value args
@@ -313,15 +328,16 @@ def main():
     if creates:
         if glob.glob(creates):
             r['msg'] = "%s not run command since '%s' exists" % (shoulda, creates)
-            r['stdout'] = "skipped, since %s exists" % creates  # TODO: deprecate
-
+            r['stdout'] = _DEPRECATE_SKIPPED_STDOUT.tag("skipped, since %s exists" % creates)
+            r['skip_reason'] = "skipped, since %s exists" % creates
             r['rc'] = 0
 
     # special skips for idempotence if file does not exist (assumes command removes)
     if not r['msg'] and removes:
         if not glob.glob(removes):
             r['msg'] = "%s not run command since '%s' does not exist" % (shoulda, removes)
-            r['stdout'] = "skipped, since %s does not exist" % removes  # TODO: deprecate
+            r['stdout'] = _DEPRECATE_SKIPPED_STDOUT.tag("skipped, since %s does not exist" % removes)
+            r['skip_reason'] = "skipped, since %s does not exist" % removes
             r['rc'] = 0
 
     if r['msg']:
@@ -343,6 +359,7 @@ def main():
         if creates is None and removes is None:
             r['skipped'] = True
             # skipped=True and changed=True are mutually exclusive
+            r['skip_reason'] = r['msg']
             r['changed'] = False
 
     # convert to text for jsonization and usability

test/integration/targets/command_shell/tasks/main.yml

@@ -204,6 +204,27 @@
     that:
       - command_result3 is not changed
 
+- name: verify that skip.txt is absent
+  file:
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir_test }}/skip.txt"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: Create a file which allow to skip the command execution
+  file:
+    state: touch
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir_test }}/skip.txt"
+
+- name: Skip running command as the file already exists
+  command:
+    cmd: echo "Hello"
+    creates: "{{ remote_tmp_dir_test }}/skip.txt"
+  register: command_skip_reason
+
+- name: Check if we present skip_reason in output
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - command_skip_reason.skip_reason == "skipped, since " ~ remote_tmp_dir_test ~ "/skip.txt exists"
+
 # removes
 
 - name: remove afile.txt with remote_afile.sh via command (check mode)
@@ -255,6 +276,23 @@
     that:
       - command_result4.changed != True
 
+- name: verify that skip.txt is absent
+  file:
+    path: "{{ remote_tmp_dir_test }}/skip.txt"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: Skip running command as the file does not exist
+  command:
+    cmd: echo "Hello"
+    removes: "{{ remote_tmp_dir_test }}/skip.txt"
+  register: command_skip_reason
+
+- name: Check if we present skip_reason in output
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - command_skip_reason.skip_reason == "skipped, since " ~ remote_tmp_dir_test ~ "/skip.txt does not exist"
+
+
 - name: pass stdin to cat via command
   command: cat
   args: